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Civil-Military Participation in Hostility Model: Theorizing attack of security personnel by civilians and vice versa

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Submitted   May 3, 2024
Published   Aug 19, 2024
Issue    Vol 5 No 1 (2024)
DOI   10.25082/IJAH.2024.01.005

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Ishmael D. Norman corresponding author
Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Otu Barracks, Teshie, Accra, Ghana

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Theorizing civilian attacks on military and police officers in Ghana, the author adopted the Direct Participation in Hostilities concept applied in International Humanitarian Law during war time to protect civilians in the “Civil-Military Participation in Hostility Model”. It seeks to theorize the factors coalescing into incidence of hostilities during peace time by civilians against agents of State Security and vice versa. The Direct Participation in Hostilities refers to the cancellation of security protection of civilians during war, when they opt to participate in hostilities caused by the enemy, military or police intervention or operations. That conduct evaporates the expectation of protection from the military or police personnel, which makes the civilians targets in war times. In peace time, when civilians attack security personnel for cause or without cause, the withdrawal of protective performative services by State Security services should be the same as if it is war time situation justified by the concepts of self-defence and State Security. The “Civil-Military Participation in Hostilities Model” is a constructivist and realist approach to the resulting harm either perpetrated by civilians on the security personnel or the security personnel attacks due to civilian infractions or breach of public order. The eruption of hostilities from either angle may be due to the absence of a capable guardian or legal framework; and the absence of culpability, probity and accountability in security services delivery post-facto.

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civil-military participation in hostilities, civilian attacks on military, military attacks of civilians, police attacks of civilians, civilian attacks on police, escalation of conflict, mitigation of public order encroachment

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Norman, I. D. (2024). Civil-Military Participation in Hostility Model: Theorizing attack of security personnel by civilians and vice versa. International Journal of Arts and Humanities, 5(1), 234-242. https://doi.org/10.25082/IJAH.2024.01.005
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